http://blog.lib.umn.edu/maasx003/garden/ Flowers, Food and Life en-us 2007-03-04T19:47:54-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/maasx003/garden/071060.html Just click here to view the some photos from the March 3, 2007 performance of our son Graham's Irish dance school, Rince na Chroi. It was their annual "big show" performance from Concordia University in St. Paul.... Videocast maasx003 2007-03-04T19:47:54-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/maasx003/garden/063275.html Just click here to view the best photos from 2006 of our son Graham's Irish dance school, Rince na Chroi.... Videocast maasx003 2006-12-30T08:22:33-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/maasx003/garden/063587.html Just click here to view the best Xmas photos from 2006! And remember, you can subscribe to future video podcasts by inserting this RSS subscriber address into your iTunes podcast folder.... Videocast maasx003 2006-12-29T16:59:38-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/maasx003/garden/062903.html When we did our house remodel a few years ago, we gained a bank of windows in our great room that just begged for a big Christmas tree. This nine-foot artificial tree is pre-lit and covered with family mementoes and... Family maasx003 2006-12-18T16:07:43-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/maasx003/garden/044048.html Each night before I turn in for bed, I check in on Graham, pulling covers up over his out sprawled arms and legs, smoothing back a lock of hair and allowing the caress of a tender cheek to wipe away... Gardens maasx003 2006-04-23T12:44:33-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/maasx003/garden/043401.html There is something rather bittersweet about the spring ephemerals. You wait all year for them and are delighted when they appear, knowing full well that they won’t last long. I’m sure there are very specific guidelines on categorizing plants as... Gardens maasx003 2006-04-16T15:59:56-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/maasx003/garden/042958.html Monday, April 10, our son Graham Kiloran turned six. He was born on a Monday, and it’s hard to believe that enough years have passed for that same day to come around again. And it’s hard to believe that our... Family maasx003 2006-04-10T16:08:14-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/maasx003/garden/041423.html I recently completed a long-overdue project: transferring all the names from my address book into a new one. The one old was papered with a mosaic of yellow Post-it notes – new names to add but there was no room... Family maasx003 2006-03-26T17:11:25-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/maasx003/garden/040858.html Such are the vagaries of gardening in the Upper Midwest: last Sunday morning, March 12, I spent a delightful time in the early spring garden. I counted the blooming snowdrops under the front maple. They had arrived a week earlier... Gardens maasx003 2006-03-18T17:01:33-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/maasx003/garden/040739.html There is an amazing feeling when you watch your child perform on stage in front of hundreds of people, with apparently no fear in his or her body, just the joy of movement to music. You look at that child... Family maasx003 2006-03-15T17:59:36-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/maasx003/garden/040008.html In the Upper Midwest, there’s something about making it to March that makes you feel like you’ve turned a corner to Spring. The days are longer and warmer, and if the air feels moist, there’s as much a chance of... Gardens maasx003 2006-03-05T08:04:49-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/maasx003/garden/039348.html Most children have vivid memories of being handed chocolate chip cookies or some other round cookie treat when they visited their grandmas. Visits to my German Russian grandmas were heralded with slices of another round treat – this one topped... Cooking maasx003 2006-02-26T17:30:37-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/maasx003/garden/037992.html I read this morning that the USA received its first gold medal at the Winter Olympics. Gardeners don’t have such opportunities to win medals, but there are opportunities for competition. We have done all our major landscaping projects with Dundee... Gardens maasx003 2006-02-15T01:02:10-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/maasx003/garden/037950.html Reading about all the extreme sports in the Olympics reminded me of a piece I wrote for the Minneapolis Star Tribune a few years ago. Gardeners may not have luge or skeleton or snowboarding but we still have some serious... Gardens maasx003 2006-02-11T17:59:09-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/maasx003/garden/037256.html The other day I read in the Star Tribune that “The French fashion industry found that the average French woman today is just over 5 feet 3 inches tall and weighs 137.6 pounds. In comparison, the average American woman is... Family maasx003 2006-02-08T01:13:58-06:00